The conference is free of charge and will take place from Tuesday October 7th to Thursday October 9th. Poster presentations and workshops will commence on the afternoon of October 7th with talks and poster sessions being held throughout the days of October 8th and 9th. 

The conference welcomes presentations of ongoing work with a strong theoretical/methodological rationale as well as recently completed studies from all areas of cognitive science. The following submission options are invited:

1) Abstacts for oral presentations or posters

2) Short-papers

Deadline for Submission: April 18, 2025

Submission instructions

Abstracts submission: Abstracts should not exceed 500 words (excluding spaces), excluding title, authors affiliations and references. Please indicate your preferred presentation format in the submission. All accepted abstracts are published in the SweCog conference proceedings. Submitted abstracts will be reviewed by two reviewers within the SweCog25 organisation.

Short papers submission: Short papers should be max. 4 pages including title, authors affiliations and references. Short papers can be submitted as plain text, word document, or PDF, formatted as it follows: Times New Roman, 1,5 lines space, justified. References should follow the APA guidelines, 7th edition (APA 7). One figure/table/image per short paper can be included (If you have more than one figure/table please combine these into one image with several panels before uploading. Each figure panel should be labeled with A, B, etc, and they should be referenced in the text).

Submitted short papers will be reviewed by two external reviewers, with the possibility of re-submission if changes are requested by the reviewers. Reviewers will do their best to provide constructive feedback to improve the quality of the submission.

Each abstract and/or paper must be submitted by the first author. All first authors will be expected to register for the conference in order to present. Accepted contributions will be included in the SweCog conference proceedings. Requests for revisions/changes based on reviewers’ suggestions will be sent prior to the conference, and authors will have an opportunity to make small changes before submitting the final, camera-ready, version after the conference.

Upon acceptance

Oral Presentation 

Participants accepted for oral presentation are asked to prepare a 15 minute presentation, preferably using PowerPoint or similar visual support. There will be time allotted for a brief Q&A at the end of each presentation session. Please note that if you submit an oral presentation proposal, but are not accepted to give an oral presentation, you may be offered the opportunity to present your topic as a poster.

Poster Presentation 

Participants accepted for poster presentation will have a chance to present their poster during two allocated poster sessions. Please prepare and print your poster in A0 portrait format. Poster boards of size 130 cm wide x 160 cm high will be made available during each poster session.

Notices of Acceptance

We will do our best to review submission and notify authors’ of their acceptance by end of May. All correspondence, including notification of abstract acceptanceand details for poster and talk presentations, will be sent to the First Author (submitting author) via email. That author shall be responsible for informing all contributing authors of any related correspondence.

If you have signed up and know you can't attend or have any questions please contact us at: swecog2025@lucs.lu.se